Can You Be Fired Without Warning?

If you’ve spent the past few months missing deadlines, showing up late to work and submitting error-ridden reports, getting fired might seem like a reasonable — and predictable — consequence, albeit an unfortunate one. But what happens when your company decides to let you go without warning? Do you have any rights?

In many cases, a company can, indeed, get away with firing you without so much as a tiny heads-up. But that doesn’t mean you’ll be rendered helpless, either.

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 250,000 in October, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.7 percent. Job gains occurred in health care, in manufacturing, in construction, and in transportation and warehousing.